CareerBuilder.com to Power Career Site for UNIVISION.COM
CHICAGO, November 5, 2003 - CareerBuilder.com, the smarter recruitment resource for finding better candidates and jobs, announced it has signed a 15-month agreement with Univision Online, Inc., which operates the leading Spanish-language website in the United States, Univision.com (www.univision.com). Under the agreement, CareerBuilder.com will power a new co-branded, bilingual career site for Univision.com. The bilingual site will also be available on Univision.com’s local station websites in key Hispanic markets.
"Close to eleven percent of the U.S. workforce is Hispanic," said Amado Izaguirre, Vice- President of Business Development for CareerBuilder.com. "Univision.com is the leading source of information and a strong vehicle for reaching U.S. Hispanics. The partnership combines the broad distribution networks and quality service of two market leaders to bring more employment tools to the fast-growing Hispanic community in the U.S."
The U.S. Hispanic population is now the country's largest minority, and the Internet is the fastest growing medium among Hispanics. U.S. Census figures show that there are 38.8 million Hispanics living in the U.S. Since April 2000, the Hispanic population grew four times faster than the total U.S. population, thereby, making Hispanics the largest and fastest-growing demographic.
"With more Hispanics online today than ever before, it is imperative to offer a faster and more efficient means for companies and job seekers to interact," said Javier Saralegui, President of Univision Online. "We believe working with CareerBuilder.com is the most strategic way to meet this goal. CareerBuilder.com specializes in smart online recruitment tools and shares our commitment to helping the Hispanic community get the information they need to get ahead."
CareerBuilder.com offers Univision.com visitors easy-to-use online products, such as the confidential Personal Search Agent that hunts for job opportunities in expressed areas of interest and automatically e-mails them to job seekers. CareerBuilder.com also gives job seekers the choice to search by industry, location and job type, and provides online career assessments, coaching for interviews and tips for salary negotiations. In addition, CareerBuilder.com offers easy job postings, online career fairs, a fresh resume database, and profiles of skilled and hourly workers.
About Univision
Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 97% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a new general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network reaching 78% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 23 Univision Network television stations and 1 non-Univision television station; TeleFutura Television Group, which owns and operates 30 TeleFutura Network television stations; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 66 radio stations in 17 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 4 stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group, which includes the Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, and a 50% interest in Mexico-based Disa Records labels as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at www.univision.com. Univision Communications is headquartered in Los Angeles with network operations in Miami and television stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.
About CareerBuilder.com
CareerBuilder.com is a leading online source for maximizing recruitment dollars and optimizing job searches with superior products, customer service and technology. With a unique combination of national, local and niche audiences, CareerBuilder.com makes it easy for recruiters to reach the most qualified candidates with industry-leading market research data and support. Job seekers can search for the right job from more than 400,000 continuously updated postings, representing more than 25,000 of the top employers in virtually every industry, field and location. Together with Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB), and Knight Ridder, Inc. (NYSE:KRI), CareerBuilder.com includes the Web’s top newspaper sites - the most trusted employment sources in recruiting. For more information about CareerBuilder.com products and services, call 888-670-TEAM or visit CareerBuilder.com at http://www.careerbuilder.com.
Univision Media Contact
Univision Online
Brooke Morganstein
(212) 687-8080
BMorganstein@SARDVERB.com
CareerBuilder Media Contact
For all media inquiries and interview requests, contact:
Jennifer Grasz
(P) 773-527-1164
(E) jennifer.grasz@careerbuilder.com
